Synonyms for lower-class
lower-class

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1. lower class, underclassadjective

   the social class lowest in the social hierarchy

   Synonyms:
   underclass, lower class

   Antonyms:
   upper-middle-class, materialistic, conservative, quality, wellborn, propertied, middle-class, bourgeois, property-owning, upper-class, u, tweedy, lower-middle-class

2. lower-class, low-classadjective

   occupying the lowest socioeconomic position in a society

   Synonyms:
   low-class

   Antonyms:
   bourgeois, property-owning, conservative, lower-middle-class, quality, propertied, middle-class, wellborn, materialistic, upper-class, upper-middle-class, u, tweedy

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1. Charles Jackson Jr:

   He seems to really be about lifting up the lower class, and that is what the church is supposed to do. Him being here hopefully confirms what he represents in terms of Christian principles, morals and values.

2. Judith Joan Walker:

   No one says, ‘Give me a shitty, cheap product’ -- that’s not what they want. We don’t treat the less fortunate like they are a lower class.

3. Edward C. Banfield:

   Although he has more leasure than almost anyone, the indifference ,appathy if one preferes, of the lower class person is such that he seldom makes even the simplest repaires to the place that he lives in. He is not troubled by dirt or dilapidation and he does not mind the inadequacy of public facilities such as schools, parks hospitals and libraries. Indeed, where such things exist, he may destroy them by carelessness or even by vandalism.